The Sun. — London, England, 1810-05-15 00:00:00

li TO THE, EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, MAILS. bt.:E---2, Dublnk, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS (.cnsois - - for A Lcount THIS DAY AT TWHINIL O'CLOCK. 70i} I Reduced Ann, . -69 i; 7O 4 per Cent. - - - - 85 T SUN. SOLEM QVIS DICERS FALSUM AUDEAT? LON D 0 TUESDAY, MAY 15, 181 Q, BUONA PA RT a was at Flushing on the 12th inst. One of our Ships, of "War, which was cruizing in that quaver, saw the skow of his passing over from tie Continent to Walcheren, but was not near enough to interrupt it. 13TJONApARTE has not trusted Linisdi upon the sea since he ran away from Egypt, until this visit to Walcheren. By letters of a later date than the dispatch of General O'DoNsta., it appears that the heroic Spaniarag have defeated the French in a spirited at tack, while the latter were assembling at Reus. The enemy was compelled to retreat with the utmost ra pidity. The French had assembled,,to the number of abOut 10,000, near Lorea, for the purpose, as supposed, r.Af approaching the coast, and attacking Carthagena. The enemy had not, as reported, eva cuated Malaga . , accolding to advices dated the I 6ti , from t hat place. We lament to find that several de generate Span:ards, of wealth and character, had p loine.l F- - crich in their attempts to raise a native Cc. Lets:, a descendant from the great af:d :iepnew of the Duke of VEBEGUAS, came that brought the Cadiz Itiil (to the ist il , :t,) which was delivered yesterday, Lit C:: , 44e.'3 to this Country in 141 othci.d character. I read this morning, in the public papers, that the intentiun of the Burdettites is to adopt an uni form, that by seeing their strength on the day when, for the misfortune of the country, the Baronet will came out of confinement, they may encourage each other to more offensive and to more strenuous deeds. This ofitsdf is very dangerous, but when .1 read that the colour is to be green, and knowing that the party have long views in what they do, I own that I feel alarmed. Green,(Sir, was the colour adopted by Camille Desinoutins on the t 2th of July, 1789, when, from a small ci icumstance, a beginning was given to an insurrection which has produced millions of foul Murdcri—destruaions of the peace and of pro perty of ancient and wealthy families, and the over turning 'of Empires. I have translated the circumstance as narrated by Gitlinle Desmouling in the falleau de la Revolu tion Francaise,—l beg the serious attention. of my -country nien to it. I have but to add that green has ever been the favourite colour of Irish Rebellion, of the favourite uniform of Buonaparte, and shall leave the Readers of your Paper to draw their own conclusions. Hoping that, the good sense and firmness of Britons will prevent the calamities which have con vulsed• the world from finding a place in Old Eng land." I remain yours, AN ENGLISHMAN OF THE OLD SCHOOL. May 9th, 181 0. IkARKATIVE OF CAMILLE DESMOULI NS, AT FARIS, THE 12TH OF JULY, 1789. - - It was half-past two o'clock—l had just been feeling the pulse of the people ; my anger against despots was turned into despair. I did not observe the groupes of people, although moved to a certain extent and full of consternation, sufficiently disposed to insurrection. Three young persons appeared agi tated by a more vehement boldness; they held each other by the hand ; I saw that they were come to the Palais Royal in the same design as myself. Some passive citizens followed them. Gentlemen, said I, here is a beginning of a civic assembling. One of us must devote himself and mount upon a table, to harangue the people.—" Do you get op."—l con sented.—linmediately I was put upon the table rather than that I got upon H. Scarcely was I there before I was surrounded by an immense crowd. Here is my harangue, which I shall never forget : CITIZENS—There is not a moment to lose. I come froth Versailles. Mr. Necker is dismissed.— This dismissal is the signal of a. St. Bartholomew for the patriots. This evening all the Swiss and German battalions will go out from the Champ de Mass to cut our throats. There remains for us but one resource—it is to fly to arms, and to take a cockudt to know one another oy. I had tear in my eyes, and I spoke with an, aelion v hick I cord never find again nor describe My mc,ion w.ts•rt:eiv::d with i n fini te app l ause. w h ,„ y.l:aye? some one cried— " ctioos,.., wi:l you have Green colour of Hope, or the Bits of Ciii , :intiarus,:colour of American Liberty and of Deniaciary ?" Some voices cried—" Green c:oiour of tik)pr.." Then I cried—Friends, the signal is gi ven ; i.ere are the spies and satellites of tie who arc staring me in the face; I will not, however, fill living into their hands. Then pulling ou two pistolS from my pocket, I said, let all citizens fillow my exampla. I descended stifled with embraces; some pressed me against their hearts, others bathed me with their tears. A citizen of Toulouse, fearing for my life, would not quit toe. They had brought inc some green ribband ; I first put some into my hat, and I distributed to those who surrounded me. we are rathet surprised to find that some Or the Opposition Writers are endeavouring to nittle at the eloquent and constitutional speech which Mr. PON SONBY delivered on Friday in the House of Com mons, because as no person attempted to answer the speech when it was made, we conceived that it met with the universal approbation olevery man of all parties. Mr. WHITBREAD has, upon many of the points conne&ed with Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, differed from many of the Gentlemen, with whom he aas, but we have a right to infer that he agreed in all the sentiments advanced by Mr. PONSONBY, because he did not express his dissent from them,. and did not give any opposition to the motion of Mr. GIDDY. From the interest which Mr. WHITBREAD manifests upon every public question, and from the large share which he takes in the debates, we may rest assured that if any principles had been advanced by Mr. PONSONBY, upon a question of such im mense imporcance, in which he did not concur, that he would immediately have expressed his dissent' and the reasons upon which it was founded. No such opposition was given, and we really did not think that a doubt existed upon the subjea, except in the minda of the violent BURDETTITES, whose views of the Constitution are peculiar to themselves. We are, therefore, we confess, • rather surprised to find a Paper which has always professed itself to be the advocate of Whig principles, taking so decided a part in the opposition to the Whigs of the present day, and in opposition to the deliberate and matured opinion of that man who was so long at the head of that party, and whose constitutional knowledge was, by his friends, represented as unequalled ; we mean the late Mr. Fox. Mr. ROGER O'CONNOR has published what he terms a " Narrative," in order, as he says, to re move the prejudices which may prevail in this Country against him. - If Mi. O'CONNOR were well advised, he would not court discussion upon the subjeas to which his Narrative alludes—certainly he would not have provoked it by such a Narrative as he has now published. Mr. O'CONNOR, how ever, has chosen for himself—he has given the challenge, and he must not now complain if all the fats respe&ing himself and his brother, which oc curred during the period to which he alludes are laid before the public. We shall therefore take the earliest opportunity of laying before our Readers some Documents respe&ing Mr. O'CONNOR. We cannot help noticing the very singular manner in which that Gentleman signs his name in the correspondence with Mr. LITTLETOJ, he signs himself " O'CoN- Noll," without condescending to prefix his Christian name. We are, we confess, as much puzzled to account for the omission of, the Christian name as for the introduction of the " 0." This Gentleman's father's name was CONNOR, and the names of all his his brothers, one only excepted, is CONNOR. How it happens that ARTHUR and ROGER have an exclusive privilege to prefix the "p" to their name, we are at a loss guess. Mr. CONNOR, whose deficiency, as a Public Accountant some time ago, at Cork, gave rise, we believe, to Sir JOHN NEWPORT'S embezzlement Bill, never assumed the " 0," nor did any of the rest of the family, except the two brothers we have mentiored. We shall be glad to hear this subjea explained. This day the Lord Mayor ordered the price of Bread to be raised id. per peck. The Quartern Loaf will then be Is. sad. An affray happened on Thursday last at Chiches ter, which, it is said, had nearly produced very se sious consequences, if JOHN BLAGDEN, Esq. a Ma gistrate had not arrived at a critical moment. It is said that the disturbance began in a quarrel between a young man and a party of officers, who handled him so roughly that the townsmen interfered, the military drew th e i r swor d s, an d some persons were wounded. As this traosadion has been the subject of an Address to the Mayor, requesting an inquiry into the whole, we do not think it proper to say any thing more on the subject at present. Major CARTWRIGHT'S Petition, which was last night rejeded by the House of Commons on account of the very improper language in which it was Con veyed, was so heavy and so long, that it is surprising the Members could have kept themselves sulfide* awake to be sensible of the offensive passages. It is, indeed, evident from the style of this Petition, that the Author ....cull have no expe&ation that it would be received ; and hence it may be inferred that he felt some pleasure in the idea of addressing such language to a branch, of the Constitution which he wishes to reform, or that he thought, by the length and tenor of the composition, to catch the Members napping. The Drury-lane Performers, it seems, have very properly assured the Patentees, that they shall re linquish all attempts to procure a license for them selves, as soon as there appear any real grounds to believe that the Theatre wall-be rebuilt. The objeyt of the visit of the American frigate, commanded by Commodore BARRON, late of the Cht-s-:paAce, to Tonningen, is supposed to be to de ,,and E:n explanation of the recent and numerous condemnations of American vessels by the Danish Government. A general Court Martill has been held, by ad journme6ts, for some days at Chelsea' College, on Captain GEORGE HAY TER, belonging to the Royal Engineers at Woolwich, and ended on Saturday last. The particulars of this Court Martial are expe,ned hotly to apfear before alp 'public. NAVAL NEW ' , DOUGLAS AND BUI?DETT, (A CONTRAST,) PROM THE FIFTH CANTO OF THE LADY OF THE LAKE. DOUCLAS,beiow arrested at Sailing, by pider of King 'AMES, the interfered and ttneatened serious Tumult. With grief the noble Dou Gt. AS saw The people rise against the law, And to the leading soldier said, Sir jouitl, of Hyndfofd, 'twas my blade That Knighthood on thy shoulder laid; For that good deed, permit me then, A word with these misguided men.— "' Hear, gentle friends ! ere yet, for me, Ye break the bands of fealty.. My life, my hon Our, and my cause, I tender free to Scotland's laws Are these so weak as must require The aid of your misguided ire ? Or, it I suffer causeless wrong, Is then my selfish rage so strong, My sense of public weal so low, That, for mean vengeance on a foe, Those chords of love I should unbind Which knit my country. and my kind ? Oh, no ! believe, in yonder tow'r, it will not soothe my captive hour To know those spears our toes should dread, For me in kindred gore are red ; To know,.in fruitless brawl begun, For me, that inotner ►vails her son, For me, that widow's mate expires, • For me, that orphans weep their sires, That patriots mourn insulted• laws, And cursesthe Dove L. A s for the cause: 0 let your patience ward such ill, And keep your right to love me still !" YeSterday morning, at nine o'clock, two bullocks ran in . different directions through Cerkenwell, knocking down barrows and every thing that came in their way. One of them cooped up an old Jew clothesman in the corner of Ray-street, and tossed up his bag in the air. The Jew was soon relieved from his perilous situation unhurt. After much dif ficulty the animals were secured. On Thursday last a peal of six bells was opened . at Newchurch, in the Isle of Wight, by the Union Youths of Newport ringing a peal of Oxford treble bob, consisting or 720 change; in 26 minutes; and on Wednesday; May 9, was rung at Newport in the Isle of Wight, a fine peal of 5040 bob major's in 2 hours and 47 minutes, by the above Youths; weight of tenor 16 cwt. It has been erroneously said thatHoRNE TooKE has visited Sir FRANCIS BURDETT in the Tower, as the former has long been in a.state of health iluq prevents him, from leaving his house.—lt is not to be doubted, however, that the Baronet has all the advantage of his advice, though, to do him justice, he seems to have made such a progress in the poli tical system of the Wimb/edon Btformer, that he, may set up for himself as a Constitution-monger, particularly as he can profit by the experience of other tried friends, APPRENTICE,--By a clause in the Mutiny ACS passed the 2I st of March I ist, it is enacted that no master in England shall be entitled to claim any apprentice who shall, after the passing of this Aat, enlist as a soldier in his Majesty's land service, un, less such apprentice shall have been bound to him for the full term of seven years. UNION - HALL—George and Charlotte Bateman, the persons in custody on suspicion of the murder of Lieutenant Johnson, were yesterday brought up for re-examination. A man named Clowder, also apprehended by Collingbourn, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder, underwent a long examination. All the persons in custody were re manded, till some persons, who are considered as !natural witnesses, Can have notice to attend. A chariot, in which were three children and an elderly 'lady, named Mapperly, was yesterday over turned near Charing-Cross, by coming in contad with a dray, and one of the children . , wai unfortu nately killed 9.0 the spot. 'POI( fSMOUTII, MAY 15..'—The Governor Milne armed ship, which arrived- at this port yesterday, sailed from Jamaica on the i cub: of Mardi last, in company with the Edward Foot armed fillip, but parted company two days after sailing. About the beginning of this month, in lat. 49. long. 9. 20• west, spoke the American schooner Harmony, front New York bound to Dublin, out 46 days, and in great want of provisions, with which she had a sup ply from the Governor Milne. Went out of harbour his Majesty's ship calypso for Spithead. Sailed this day his Majesty's ship Thalia, with about 30 sail of merchantmen, for the West Indies ; also sailed his Majesty's ship Linnet, with about 20 sail of ships, for the Mediterranean - ; Edwards, GRUBY, for the Cape of Good Hope; and Rolla, SPRBYALL, for Mogadore. FALpuTir, MAY 12.—Sailed the Duke , of Marl borough for Lisbon. DEAL, MAY 1 4.—Five English Captains of mer chantmen landed here this morning, who made their escape from Valenciennes prison on the 3 Est March. They bring an account of BUONAPARTE and his Empress arriving at Middleburgh on the sth inst, and after stopping one night they pro ceeded with .their retinue on their route along the coast. Sailed his Majesty's ship Blake for Plymouth. Caine down from the River his Majesty's ship Spitfire, and sailed to the Westward. FRENCH PAPERS "ZARA, APRIL s.—The following Decree has been published here.:— " In the name of his Majesty the Emperor and King, we, Marshal of the Empire, Governor-Pe" nereof the Illyrian Provinces, wishing to put an end to the disorders which the Dalmatians and the inhabitants of.the..l)4ouths .of the Comm are - daily c.ornmitting, at Constantinople, and whereof we ate informed by a letter from the Charge d'Affaires of ,of Prance at the Sublime Porte, do Decree P. follows : Art. 1. The - effeels of all Lialmatians, and in? habitants of the Mouths of the Cattaro, 'going t q. Constantinople without authority and without PO' ports counter-signed by the General commanding the di.tria, shall be put under sequestration, 2. Their families shall be put in a state of supo l iniendance. 3• The, declaration of the Charge d'Affaires af Constantinople shall be a sufficient authority for che 6a acts of rigour. 4. The General commanding in Dalmatia, the e Intendant of Z ara , an d t h e Administrator-wen-ra I of Ragusa and Caitaro, are each, in their respetitivq' departments, charged with the execution of the Pr c.: sent Decree." PROCLAMATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE 0040 1 NOR-GENERAL OF THE ILLYRIAN PROVINCES TO THE INHABITANTS QF DALMATIA. " An useful example has just been given. The'l who so recently endeavoured to seduce you int° criminality have been punished. " His Majesty the Emperor and King,' our gio" rious Sovereign, who always punishes with regre t ? and who loves to indulge the emotions of his ale' mency, forgets the past. All those who, tormented by their consciences, have fled from their familiegf .and are not under sentence of condemnation, [nay return to thei r h a bi tat i ons. They will there peace and pardon. " Dalmatians ! The Emperor has distinguished d among you those who are devoted to him, an loaded many of them with favours. EndeavOtl one and all to merit them by redoubling your ze a k for his servi ce . Th an k H eaven that you live u nder the Government of a Monarch so great and so jut and daily render yourselves more worthy of ! 1/,°. happy destiny which has united you to the flume-Q. ous family of which he is the father." 4-00, BERLIN, APRIL 17.—The certaiuty of the 3 .1 37 pearance of an English fleet in the Baltic excites the vigilance of such Governments as have territories - bordering upon that sea. It is even affirmed that French Officers have arrived at Wismar and Warne rnuncle, near Rostock, to examine the state fortifications at th ose two points. It is reported t h at C ount Hauguitz, formerly one of for For e i gn Aff a i rs, i s deceased, upon e of his estates i n Sil es i a. of the Sunday evening as a party of Ladies and Gentle men, eight in number, were returning to LOndon from Twickenham, where they had spent the day, the boat in which they were ran foul of a barge below Hammersmith, and had neatly been sunk.-- A lady of the name of Stebbs, the wife of an Artist in Argyle-street, was forced overboard by the shOck, and sunk to rise no more. Her brother, who was in the boat, jumped after leis sister, but she never rose. The bOdy has not been found. The deceabe. has lett three young children. The Papers by the Jamaica Mail mention the safe arrival of the outward-bound fleet on the last day o f February. The Meeting of the General Assembly had been further prorogued from the 6th of MAO to the loth of April I IPARig; MAY 5.--fler Al a j est y t he Queen O f, Spain , is going to Plombieres, to take the waters) accompanied by her Physician, Dr. Couad. on th ° 24th H i i s n rose. Majesty f.ronl t issued the Palace ee of Compiegnel I o‘i ngD Decree cree ~ : Art. 1. Frenchmen affeaed by the dispositions i of our Decree from the Ist Sept. 1804, to the present period, , 11.1 ' 1 of the 6th April s 180 g, and wh ‘,, , have borne arms against U 3 in the service o f t hin . Continental Powers wherewith we are at pea"' shall obtain an amnesty before the Ist Jan. fBl I P , the 6th, 7th, and el r d i k.,e c p o o i s t i f t or w n i l t in h g ,th th e e ß m e s g el o r i : Articles of the said Decree. 4 2. All Frenchman taking the I): nesty, shall subscribe and refit of the ? 1 , 11 1 of the Court to which they may apply for . a cer !o cate of their appearance, a declaration that, i n bpi cowing, and conformably to the dispositions of AP tide 21 of the Code Napoleon, they will not ente r into the military service of any foreign State, 00r become members of any foreign military corpor a ' tion, with ou t th e aut h or i ty of the Emperor: l' copy of this declaration shall be forthwith trans: muted by the Imperial Procurator to our Minister o' G_neral Police. The following are the principal articles of the ,se natus Consultom respelling . the annexation of o ' 4 portion of Holland ceded to France. The territofi. between the Waal, the Ogne, and the frontiers a t the Two Nethes, the Lower Meuse, and the Boer', are to con s tit ute a new department, to be call e d that of the Mouths of the Rhine, of which Bois-le; Due is to b e t h e c hi e f town. The' territory west 0 ' the Ogne, with the isles of Schowen, Thole? North and South Beveland, and the whole of Wat cheren, are incorporated with the department of th e Two Net bes. The department of the Mouths ot . ,th e : Rhine is to send two Deputies to the Legislativ e Body; and that of the Two.Nethes, which has at I present four, will in figure send five Deputies. Personages of the highest, distinaion, and oth er foreigners, are daily arriving here to witness the ks" • tivities that are to take place in the course of this month. They are so numerous that they can scarce' ly find accommodation at the hotels. Letters from Spain mention, that his Catholic Majesty has given orders for restoring the fine P 4.. ' lace of the Alhambra of Grenada, the ancient "roil* .cleOce of the Moorish Kings. The Palace begun oh, a part Of th e s i te o f t h e Alhambra, in the reign or . Charles V—will-be finished. The inhabitants of Grenada strongly feel the importance of this peW favour on the part of his Majesty, wille` hwill restore to their city a valuable monument, and gives them hopes that his Majesty will occasionally take up hi - residence. in- Grenada. .. • .. ... kcal thrt '''.'S ‘) ;I